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New Epstein photos show Trump, Clinton

Garrett Owen

President Donald Trump, former President Bill Clinton, and other prominent figures appear in the photos

WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 11: Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) walks out of the Senate Chamber on December 11, 2025 in Washington, DC. Two opposing health care bills intended to avert rising health care premiums have failed. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Health care vote suffers in the Senate

Garrett Owen

Without subsidies, the median cost of ACA health care will increase by 18%

(Photo illustration by Salon / Getty Images / Craig Barritt / Matt Winkelmeyer / Kevin Mazur / Phillip Faraone / Kevin Dietsch / Andrew Harnik / Saul Loeb / Vittorio Zunino Celotto)

The best takedowns of 2025

Andi Zeisler

From Vivian Wilson to Trevor Noah, these clapbacks delivered rare satisfaction in a bleak year

(Photo illustration by Salon / Getty Images / DON EMMERT / Spencer Platt / Michael Siluk / UCG / IkonStudio)

We can't bomb our way to fewer overdoses

Kassandra Frederique, James Saenz

Gutting addiction treatment while bombing boats proves America’s drug policy is broken

President Donald Trump speaks at the NATO summit in The Hague on June 25, 2025. (Robin Van Lonkhuijsen/ANP/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump the "destroyer" endangers Europe

Brian Karem

The president's abandonment of NATO and America's European allies has only one beneficiary: Vladimir Putin

Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, takes the stage during a rally featuring California Gov. Gavin Newsom in Houston on Nov. 8, 2025. (Jason Fochtman/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images)

GOP will regret hyping Jasmine Crockett

Amanda Marcotte

Democratic voters want a fighter, and the Texas congresswoman is definitely that

ATLANTA,GEORGIA - SEPTEMBER 29: A Hepatitis B vaccine in Atlanta, Georgia, September 29, 2023. (Photo by Alyssa Pointer for The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Vaccine guideline changes stir confusion

Nicole Karlis

Experts say the CDC advisory panel’s delay of newborn hepatitis B shots is not evidence-based

President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office on  Aug. 22, 2025. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Judges reject Trump's immigrant roundups

Cassandra Burke Robertson - The Conversation

Federal judges across the country have objected to the Trump admin's policy of mass detention

(Salon)

NordVPN review

Jared Howe

Whether it's the right fit for you depends on your priorities: speed, cost, security or advanced tools

Indiana State Senators meet in the Senate chamber in the Indiana State Capitol building. (Photo by Jon Cherry/Getty Images)

Indiana GOP rejects Trump maps

Alex Galbraith

The vote throws a wrench into Republican plans to redistrict their way into holding the U.S. House in 2026

U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem testifies before the House Committee on Homeland Security in the Cannon House Office Building on December 11, 2025 in Washington, DC. The committee convened to hear testimony from top national security officials on potential worldwide threats. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Dems run up the score in Noem hearing

Alex Galbraith

Noem fled Capitol Hill after being berated by lawmakers and protestors

Chairman Dick Durbin (D-IL) arrives for a US Senate Judiciary Committee oversight hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on March 1, 2023. (STEFANI REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)

Dems to IG: Keep an eye on Epstein files

Blaise Malley

With the Epstein files release deadline looming, Democrats want to keep the DOJ from pulling a fast one

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) walks off the House floor after speaking for 8 hours and 44 minutes as the House votes to pass Trump's sweeping tax and spending bill. (Kevin Dietsch / Getty Images)

Democrats split on impeachments

Garrett Owen

"You can't swing a cat without hitting an impeachable offense in this administration," one representative said

Girl with measles on their body (Getty Images/StockPlanets)

Measles rips through South Carolina

Garrett Owen

Officials note low vaccination rates and holiday travel as key factors for the spread

In this photo illustration, packages of Mifepristone tablets are displayed at a family planning clinic on April 13, 2023 in Rockville, Maryland. (Photo illustration by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Florida, Texas sue over abortion pill

Blaise Malley

The filing marks a fresh attempt by Republican-led states to use the judiciary to limit access to mifepristone

Melania Trump walks with a person dressed as Santa Claus as she arrives at Marine Corps Base Quantico for a holiday charity drive on December 8, 2025 (SAUL LOEB / AFP via Getty Images)

Melania is peacing out on Christmas

Andi Zeisler

The first lady's retreat from the holiday season suggests a deeper kind of disengagement

WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 10: U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a roundtable discussion with top business leaders in the Roosevelt Room at the White House on December 10, 2025 in Washington, DC. During the roundtable, Trump addressed questions on the Federal Reserve’s latest decision to cut interest rates and reports that the U.S. seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela, among other topics. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Oil tanker seizure "sounds like war"

Garrett Owen

The sudden seizure of the oil tanker has left lawmakers uncertain about the administration's intentions

A white star-shaped bowl filled with fresh red pomegranate seeds (Horia Ionescu / 500px / Getty Images)

The lazy baker's cookie decorating trick

Ashlie D. Stevens

Jewel-like pomegranate seeds turn plain cookies into festive, effortless little works of art

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem in the Oval Office on Aug. 25, 2025. (Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Trump still can't say "you're fired"

Heather Digby Parton

Pete Hegseth, Kristi Noem and Kash Patel are rumored to be on the chopping block

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth delivers remarks  on Dec. 8, 2025. (Celal Gunes/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Hegseth's press purge is now complete

Sabrina Haake

Despite his hand-picked press corps, the defense secretary still has major problems

Luigi Mangione appears with his lawyers for a suppression-of-evidence hearing in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in Manhattan Criminal Court on Dec. 8, 2025, in New York City. (Sarah Yenesel - Pool/Getty Images)

Care even worse since Mangione arrest

Troy Farah

Brian Thompson's killing hasn't helped our public health crisis. Here's what actually might

President Donald Trump speaks to members of the press aboard Air Force One on Oct. 19, 2025. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Venezuelans' legal status in limbo

Mauricio Rodríguez Pons - ProPublica

The Trump administration has targeted legal protections for Venezuelan immigrants

President Donald Trump greets Russian President Vladimir Putin in Anchorage, Alaska, for a summit meeting on Russia's war on Ukraine. (ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP)

Danish spy agency: US a security risk

Garrett Owen

“There is uncertainty about the role of the United States as a guarantor of Europe’s security," the report said

Jeffrey Epstein in Cambridge, Mass., in 2004. (Rick Friedman/Rick Friedman Photography/Corbis via Getty Images)

Judge allows release of Epstein docs

Blaise Malley

A judge reversed course on releasing grand jury docs from the 2019 sex trafficking case against Epstein

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